Titus Alicai
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Recent Articles
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Efekemo O, Onile-Ere O, Abegunde I, Otitolaye F, Pita J, Alicai T, et al.
Insects
. 2024 Nov;
15(11).
PMID: 39590505
Whitefly (Gennadium, Hemiptera) causes severe damage to cassava plants through excessive feeding on leaves and transmitting viruses, such as (ACMV), (EACMV), and ipomoviruses that cause cassava brown streak disease. Currently,...
2.
Apio H, Elegba W, Nunekpeku W, Otu S, Baguma J, Alicai T, et al.
Front Plant Sci
. 2024 Oct;
15:1414128.
PMID: 39351022
Cassava () production and productivity in Africa is affected by two viral diseases; cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and cassava brown streak disease (CBSD). Induced mutagenesis of totipotent/embryogenic tissues or plant...
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Baguma J, Mukasa S, Ochwo-Ssemakula M, Nuwamanya E, Iragaba P, Wembabazi E, et al.
Plants (Basel)
. 2024 Jul;
13(14).
PMID: 39065515
Understanding pollen and ovule fertility as factors influencing fruit and seed set is important in cassava breeding. Extended daylength with red light (RL) and plant growth regulators (PGRs) have been...
4.
Baguma J, Mukasa S, Nuwamanya E, Alicai T, Omongo C, Ochwo-Ssemakula M, et al.
Plants (Basel)
. 2024 Apr;
13(6).
PMID: 38592820
Flowering in cassava ( Crantz) is crucial for the generation of botanical seed for breeding. However, genotypes preferred by most farmers are erect and poor at flowering or never flower....
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Kaweesi T, Colvin J, Campbell L, Visendi P, Maslen G, Alicai T, et al.
PeerJ
. 2024 Feb;
12:e16949.
PMID: 38410806
Whiteflies ( lato) have a wide host range and are globally important agricultural pests. In Sub-Saharan Africa, they vector viruses that cause two ongoing disease epidemics: cassava brown streak disease...
6.
Kanaabi M, Namakula F, Nuwamanya E, Kayondo I, Muhumuza N, Wembabazi E, et al.
Plant Genome
. 2023 Nov;
17(2):e20403.
PMID: 37938872
This study focuses on meeting end-users' demand for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) varieties with low cyanogenic potential (hydrogen cyanide potential [HCN]) by using near-infrared spectrometry (NIRS). This technology provides a...
7.
Godding D, Stutt R, Alicai T, Abidrabo P, Okao-Okuja G, Gilligan C
Sci Rep
. 2023 Aug;
13(1):12603.
PMID: 37537204
The agricultural productivity of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is severely constrained by pests and pathogens, impacting economic stability and food security. An epidemic of cassava brown streak disease,...
8.
Campbell L, Nwezeobi J, van Brunschot S, Kaweesi T, Seal S, Swamy R, et al.
BMC Genomics
. 2023 Jul;
24(1):408.
PMID: 37468834
Background: The group of > 40 cryptic whitefly species called Bemisia tabaci sensu lato are amongst the world's worst agricultural pests and plant-virus vectors. Outbreaks of B. tabaci s.l. and...
9.
Baguma J, Mukasa S, Nuwamanya E, Alicai T, Omongo C, Hyde P, et al.
BMC Plant Biol
. 2023 Jun;
23(1):335.
PMID: 37353746
Background: Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is staple food and major source of calories for over 500 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. The crop is also a source of income for...
10.
Ramathani I, Sserumaga J, Nanyiti S, Mukasa S, Alicai T
Plant Dis
. 2023 May;
107(11):3475-3486.
PMID: 37133339
Rice yellow mottle virus disease, caused by (RYMV), is the most important disease of lowland rice in Uganda. However, little is known about its genetic diversity in Uganda and relationships...